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Nov 19, 2021

Barbara Green Orell Receives Prestigious Award

Since 2004, the Kipnis Wilson/Friedland Award has honored extraordinary women who have set a high standard for philan-thropy and volunteerism. The prestigious, award is presented to Lions of Judah who have demonstrated the highest ideals of leadership and involvement. Recipients are selected…

Nov 19, 2021

Federation to Increase Jewish Security

by MiriYam Judd,Shalom New Haven Writer

To address continuing concerns about anti-Semitic inci-dents at synagogues and other Jewish institutions, the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, in collaboration with four other Connecticut Federations, have hired a secu-rity adviser to increase …

Nov 15, 2021

SCN Hosts Over 70 Security Professionals in Annual Homeland Security Summit

(Washington, DC) – The Secure Community Network (SCN), the official safety and security organization for the Jewish community in North America, hosted its annual Homeland Security Summit in Washington, DC, last week.

More than 70 security professionals attended the three-day event to exp…

Nov 15, 2021

Yaacov Agam on Faith, Art, and Formation

Fun fact: According to the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records, the largest menorah in the world stands 32 feet tall, weighs 4,000 lbs., is colored gold and calls the corner of Fifth Avenue and West 59th Street home.

Commissioned by Chabad Lubavitch in the 1970s, the menorah’s artist is n…

Nov 15, 2021

CONGREGATION BETH EL-KESER ISRAEL New Exhibits in BEKI Galleries

The Ancestors exhibit currently on display at Congregation Beth El - Keser Israel (BEKI) in New Haven has captured the attention of both its members and the local press. 

Featuring pre-1950 images of the ancestors of the BEKI community, the exhibit displays the mundane alongside extraordin…

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